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Region Site Name Peg GPS South
Hazy View Casa do Sol
Woods 1
Hazy View Casa do Sol
Woods 2
Swaziland Mlawula Riparian
1
Swaziland Mlawula Riparian
2
GPS
(o) East (o)
76 25.05111 31.08279 Legogote Sour
Bushveld (SVI9)
169 25.05048 31.08271 Legogote Sour
Bushveld (SVI9)
134 26.19275 32.00876 Lowveld Riverine
Forest (Foa1)
126 26.19266 32.00910 Lowveld Riverine
Forest (Foa1)
Swaziland Siphiso 1 122 26.21215 32.00233 Northern Lebombo
Bushveld (SVI5)
Swaziland Siphiso 2 109 26.21184 32.00214 Northern Lebombo
Bushveld (SVI5)
Swaziland Sugarcane
Riparian 1
Swaziland Sugarcane
Riparian 2
161 26.17033 31.88710 Lowveld Riverine
Forest (Foa1)
148 26.17031 31.88710 Lowveld Riverine
Forest (Foa1)
Swaziland Mbuluzi Control 57 26.16618 31.87825 Lowveld Riverine
Forest (Foa1)
Swaziland Sandile1 81 26.22690 31.92758 Granite Lowveld
(SVI3), Riparian
Swaziland Sandile2 123 26.22632 31.92759 Granite Lowveld
(SVI3), Riparian
Swaziland Mbuluzi Viewpoint
South
52 26.17460 31.98958 Granite Lowveld
(SVI3), Riparian
SA Vegetation type Notes and insights:
Show case best approaches
No clearing, indigenous diversity
increases
No clearing, chromolaena and
lantana increases
No clearing, loss of grass and
tree diversity
No clearing, no change
No clearing, Parthenium weed
invasion
No clearing, Parthenium weed
invasion
No clearing, thickening of
chromolaena and loss of grass
and tree diversity
No clearing, chromolaena
seedlings abundant
Slashed, sprayed and burnt,
showcase grass recovery, peg
not found
Slashed only, increase in
chromolaena, peg removed
No clearing, increase in
chromolaena, peg removed
Clearing done, chromolaena
decreases
Swaziland Isis L13 51 26.01845 31.73949 Granite Lowveld (SVI3) No clearing, chromolaena has
disappeared??
Swaziland H6 95 26.07014 31.75029 Granite Lowveld (SVI3) No clearing, increase in lantana
Swaziland T6 Canal 151 25.97843 31.73182 Granite Lowveld (SVI3) Seepage from canal, no clearing,
increase in chromolaena
Phinda Finfoot Fenced in
Area
Phinda Mongoose/
Ubombo road
124 27.89610 32.31630 Zululand Lowveld
(SVI23)/ Riparian
92 27.88313 32.25814 Zululand Lowveld
(SVI23)/ Riparian
Phinda Marshall Drive 170 27.90900 32.23367 Zululand Lowveld
(SVI23)/ Riparian
Hluhluwe Fusula / Hilltop
Camp
No clearing since Feb 2004,
follow up overdue, chromolaena
abundant and flowering
Hand pulled in 2005, effective
control
Initially bulldozed, burnt in Dec
2005, chromolaena still present
111 28.08990 32.04662 Scarp Forest (Foz5) Effective control
Hluhluwe Below Hilltop 112 28.08711 32.04784 Scarp Forest (Foz5) High cover indigenous herbs,
effective control
Hluhluwe Magangeni A 159 28.06519 32.12084 Zululand Lowveld
(SVI23)
Hluhluwe Magangeni B 96 28.06467 32.12072 Zululand Lowveld
(SVI23)
Hluhluwe Manzimnyama 176 28.08749 32.10990 Zululand Lowveld
(SVI23)
Hluhluwe Sitezi Cleared 66 28.10481 32.09365 Zululand Lowveld
(SVI23)
Hluhluwe Sitezi Uncleared 110 28.10507 32.09349 Zululand Lowveld
(SVI23)
Hluhluwe Zincakeni B 65 28.09411 32.09391 Zululand Lowveld
(SVI23)
Hluhluwe Zincakeni A 108 Zululand Lowveld
(SVI23)
Clearing done, decrease
in lantana and increase in
indigenous diversity
Combination hand pull and cut &
treat, showcase effective control
Peg and plot not found, elephant
disturbance of trees
No clearing done, chromolaena
20 cm tall, < 1 % cover
Dense chromolaena to 3.5 m tall
was cleared by cut & treat, so far
effective
No clearing, small increase in
chromolaena cover
No clearing, low chromolaena
cover
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